Woman's Hour Podcast
Women's voices and women's lives - topical conversations to inform, challenge and inspire.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Julianne Moore, Women鈥檚 Prize for Fiction winner Yael van der Wouden, ultrarunner Stephanie Case
Yesterday
Julianne Moore discusses her latest film, the thriller Echo Valley.
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Race Across the World, Women's Prize winners, Ute Lemper, Measles at Glasto
Friday
Caroline Bridge speaks to Anita about winning Race Across the World with her son.
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Abortion, Spending Review, Lara Pulver, Yael van der Wouden
Thursday
As MPs prepare for a free vote on changes to abortion law, we look at the two amendments.
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Ultrarunner Stephanie Case, Alice Figueiredo, Women's Super League, Cycle tracking apps
Wednesday
Winning a 100km race six months postpartum and breastfeeding along the way.
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Indecent exposure, Natalie Dormer, World fertility, Author Jessica Stanley
Tuesday
We hear how cases of indecent exposure have been dealt with since Sarah Everard鈥檚 murder.
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Julianne Moore, Forced adoption in China, Nurses vote on pay deal
Last Monday
Julianne Moore discusses her latest film, the thriller Echo Valley.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Ms Tina Knowles, Tennis at Queens, Dr Grace Spence Green, Bernardine Evaristo
Last Saturday
How to raise self-confident women? Beyonc茅 and Solange's mother, Ms Tina Knowles, explains
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Weight-loss jabs, The Salt Path director, Tennis at Queens, Part-time teaching
Fri 6 Jun 2025
A look at the new advice about weight-loss jabs, and contraception or pregnancy.
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Victims' Right to Review, Dr Grace Spence Green, Mums in coaching, New play Elephant
Thu 5 Jun 2025
Survivors of rape & serious sexual assault given the right to have dropped cases reviewed.
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Bernardine Evaristo, South Korean Elections, The Crucible
Wed 4 Jun 2025
The celebrated novelist is the winner of the Women's Prize Outstanding Contribution Award.
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Ms Tina Knowles, Madeleine McCann search, Mother and baby units in NI
Tue 3 Jun 2025
How to raise self-confident women? Beyonc茅 & Solange's mother, Ms Tina Knowles, explains.
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Intimacy co-ordinator Ita O'Brien, Heart disease trials, Celebs & beauty brands
Mon 2 Jun 2025
The world-renowned intimacy co-ordinator discusses her new book, Intimacy.
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Weekend Woman's Hour: Carey Mulligan, Mary Earps鈥� England retirement, International Aid, Folk trio I'm With Her
Sat 31 May 2025
The actor talks about her new film The Ballad of Wallis Island and why she loves musicals.
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Carey Mulligan, Mary Earps' England retirement, New head of MI6
Fri 30 May 2025
The actor tells Woman's Hour about her new film, turning 40 and why she loves musicals.
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Transcripts in sexual assault cases, Multigenerational living, Women's matches at the French Open
Thu 29 May 2025
We assess the one-year pilot giving victims of sexual assault access to court transcripts.
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Pakistan child marriage, I'm With Her, Sex bias in natural history museums
Wed 28 May 2025
The city of Islamabad has moved to ban child marriage.
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Sian Gibson, International aid, Author Agustina Bazterrica, Shein
Tue 27 May 2025
Why did actor Sian Gibson almost give up on acting?
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Women in farming | A Woman鈥檚 Hour special
Mon 26 May 2025
Anita Rani spends a day at a farm in Devon hearing from female farmers about their lives.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Chronic UTIs, Welsh women鈥檚 football, Kathryn Turman, 鈥楾rad wives'
Sat 24 May 2025
Allison Gardner MP on her experience of chronic UTIs.
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The manosphere, Bowel cancer, Daytime TV cuts
Fri 23 May 2025
Psychotherapist Will Adolphy & his work in schools: what does it mean to be a man today?
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Women up for Ivor Novellos, Chronic UTIs, How do women listen?
Thu 22 May 2025
The Rising Star award at the Ivor Novellos is an all female shortlist for the first time.
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Baroness Kishwer Falkner, Fifth anniversary of the death of George Floyd, Sarah Pochin MP
Wed 21 May 2025
Baroness Kishwer Falkner on the recent Supreme Court ruling on the definition of a woman.
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Shopping addiction, Gaza, 'Trad Wives', Rape cross-examination
Tue 20 May 2025
Why is shopping addiction often trivialised rather than being seen as a red flag?
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Swimming coaching, LGB Alliance, Welsh women's football, Author Emma Stonex
Mon 19 May 2025
We hear about the dark side of swimming clubs, the subject of a new 蜜芽传媒 investigation.
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Weekend Woman鈥檚 Hour: Abandoned babies, Isabel Allende, ADHD and menopause, Teaching 'grit', Anna Lapwood
Sat 17 May 2025
The search for parents of three abandoned babies using DNA.
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Teaching 'grit', Amnesty International UK, Brain Aneurysm play, New Age of Sexism
Fri 16 May 2025
Pupils need more robust mental health, says Education Secretary Bridget Philipson.
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Rose Ayling-Ellis, abandoned babies, Royal Albert Hall's organist Anna Lapwood
Thu 15 May 2025
Strictly winner Rose Ayling-Ellis on her starring role in a new TV detective series.
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Isabel Allende, Sex Matters, Julia Gillard, P Diddy trial
Wed 14 May 2025
Best-selling author Isabel Allende on her new novel, My Name Is Emilia Del Valle.
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Chemical Control, Nadia Conners, Kirsty Wark
Tue 13 May 2025
Nuala hears about a woman's fight for justice following chemical control.
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Beverley Knight, Care workers, ADHD and menopause, Barrister Robin Moira White
Mon 12 May 2025
Performer Beverley Knight on playing 'godmother of rock and roll', Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
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